Last year a friend told me she went to see the first sunrise and that apparently it's a japanese tradition, so i knew i had to go and see the first one of 2015. We celebrated New Years at my co-workers house, we played Cards Against Humanity and watched some movies. We woke up at 5:45am and we were at the Nakagusuku Castle Ruins by 6:15am. It was absolutely[...]
After getting the keys to our Airbnb apartment we took the MRT to visit Taipei 101. Taipei 101 had the title of world's tallest building until 2010, the title now belongs to Burj Khalifa in Dubai. I know people go to Taipei 101 mostly for the observatory on the 89th floor or even the outdoor one on the 91st floor, but after the whole Sky Tree debacle we deci[...]
My friend Kassie made a 2014 compilation post on her blog that i really loved, so i thought i would give it a try! Here are 14 fun things that happened in 2014! Happy New Year everybody! 1. Experienced Okinawan Cherry Blossoms. 2. Showered a close friend and her little darling with tons of love! 3. We moved to a renovated apartment down[...]
^^ In love with our Christmas card this year, Very Merry Stripes by Petite Alma for Tiny Prints! ^^ ^^ these ornaments are definitely some of my favorites! Check out the newspaper crane as well ^^ ^^ the only ornament in our tree with some color is this Santa in the shape of Okinawa!! ^^ I know this post is 4 days late but G and I missed our[...]
Maokong Gondola at Taipei Zoo | Night market ice-cream | Taipei 101 | Chiang Kai Shek Jiufen Old Street | Lanterns in Pingxi | Nightmarkets | Taroko Gorge In just 2 days we will be taking a short 40min flight to Taiwan, we will be spending 3 nights in Taipei followed by 1 night in Hualien where we hope to visit the famous Taroko Gorge National Park[...]
On our second day in Tokyo we visited some of our favorite sites, the first being the Tokyo Sky Tree. When we visited the city in December 2013 we made a stop at the Sky Tree after visiting the Sensoji Temple. We shopped at the mall on the ground floor but we ended up deciding not to go up because we thought it was kind of pricy, and to be honest i kind of r[...]